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 Hi there, thanks for joining us.

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 This video is going to provide an overview of what exactly service frequency means, what it is, and how it may affect your community.

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 Service frequency refers to the intervals between bus arrivals on designated routes.

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 Example frequencies commonly seen are 10 minutes or fewer in large urban centers, 15 minutes, thirty minutes, and 60 minutes based on ridership and transit resources.

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 Lower intervals correlates to higher frequency as buses are coming more often.

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 Frequencies can vary throughout the day, by route, and by days of the week.

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 These shifts are directly in response to historic and anticipated ridership numbers and changes.

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 It is common for routes to provide higher frequencies during traditional commute times as ridership tends to be higher as people are travelling to and from work.

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 Midday, evening and weekend frequencies tend to be lower as there are relatively fewer riders to move.

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 Service frequency is a key metric in service design as it directly effects user weight and travel times as well as service cost.

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 Higher frequencies mean more buses allocated to individual routes, so ridership must be higher to mitigate the increased cost.

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 For example, if route #1 takes one hour to drive round trip, a 15 minute frequency would require 4 buses to operate it.

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 Comparatively, Route 2 also takes one hour to drive round trip, but operates on a 60 minute frequency.

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 This would require 1 bus to operate.

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 Therefore route #1 is 4 times the cost of route #2.

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 This poses 2 important considerations.

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 Is there enough people wanting to ride route #1 to justify the increased cost?

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 And does the convenience of a more frequent service attract 4 times as many riders?

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 So that is the concept of service frequency and its considerations at a glance.

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 We appreciate your attention.

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 There are several other videos that you can check out on the subjects of fixed route transit, digital on demand transit, and service coverage.

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